Durability of the bond between CFRP plates and concrete exposed to harsh environment حسب Al-Tamimi, Adil

"…It was observed that the specimens exposed to the sun and saline environments experienced an increase in both the bond strength and attained peak loads because exposure of the adhesive to elevated temperature increased the bond because of greater polymer crosslinking, thus creating complex interactions in the polymer matrix. …"
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Con-Detect: Detecting adversarially perturbed natural language inputs to deep classifiers through holistic analysis حسب Hassan, Ali

"…Even in the worst case, we note a 100% increase in the required number of queries and a 50% increase in the number of words perturbed, suggesting that Con-Detect is hard to evade.…"
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Risk at the margins حسب Pollock, William

"…In light of these issues, we quantitatively assess the landslide risk profile of Lebanon, finding a 75% increase in landslide risk since the start of the Syrian crisis. …"
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Engaging with readers: Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the use of pronouns in building reader-writer relationships حسب Debra Myhill (12042048)

"…<p>Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the written academic argument is important both to increase writer independence and inform writing instruction. …"

Survival Misperceptions, Time Inconsistency, and Implications for Life-cycle Saving and Welfare حسب Gahramanov, Emin

"…In general equilibrium, however, such time inconsistent behavior with survival misperception is conducive to aggregate capital accumulation and greater equilibrium bequest income. The latter effects can produce substantial welfare gains. …"
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Effect of temperature on the rheological properties of neat aqueous Wyoming sodium bentonite dispersions حسب Vryzas, Zisis

"…The yield stress increased linearly with temperature by almost three-fold, the flow consistency index decreased exponentially with temperature by almost five-fold and the flow behavior index increased by about 20%, tending towards the Newtonian value. …"
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A decision support system for automating document retrieval and citation screening حسب Raymon van Dinter (10521952)

"…It was shown that for four out of five review datasets, the DSS's use achieved significant workload savings of at least 10%. …"

Crumpled MXene nanosheets for sensing of ascorbic acid in food, biological fluids, and erythrocytes in-vitro microenvironment حسب Shabi Abbas Zaidi (4234354)

"…The sensor also demonstrated excellent reproducibility (~1 % RSD for five repetitive assays) and a shelf life of nearly one month with a negligible decrease in response. …"

Efficacy and safety of the newer oral hypoglycemic agents in patients with T2DM during Ramadan: A systematic review and meta-analysis حسب Hoda Gad (6470522)

"…Glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) agonist therapy was associated with a significant decrease in Hb_A1c (%) (SMD -0.68) and a non-significant decrease in weight (kg) (SMD -2.57) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) (mmHg) (SMD -3.50) after Ramadan. …"

The performance of banks in post-war Lebanon حسب Raad, Elias

"…Although we find that Lebanese banks are profitable, most of them had accounting return on assets (ROA) greater than one percent over most of our test period, they are not as profitable as a control group of banks from five other countries located in the Middle East. …"
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A review of cleaner alternative fuels for maritime transportation حسب Ahad Al-Enazi (19541737)

"…<p>Environmental regulations have always been an essential component in the natural gas supply chain, with recent and greater emphasis on shipping operations. Recently more stringent regulations have been imposed by the International Maritime Organization on global maritime shipping operations. …"

Insight into Faculty Open Access Perceptions: A Quantitative Analysis among UAE Faculty حسب Lusk, Jeniece

"…While there is a variety of extant literature broaching these perceptions, there are few quantitative analyses with an n greater than 100 respondents, and a notable lack of research in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …"
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Arab women: No longer silent, but can they guarantee rights for themselves حسب Sayed, Sana

"…I will then discuss how political upheaval in the Arab region demonstrates a greater need for women/gender recognition and study. …"
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Targeting Breast Cancer Using Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated Liposomes Triggered with Ultrasound حسب Ben-Daya, Mohamed

"…These modifications allow nannocarriers to achieve greater targeting specificity through binding to specific receptors overexpressed on the surface of the tumor cells. …"
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THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES IN K-12 EDUCATION حسب ALAKALEEK, WAFAA SULEMAN IRSHED

"…The study found that technology-based assessments boost students' adherence to learning, boost their motivation for learning, increase their self-regulation, lower costs for schools, and promote greater equity for the student learning process. …"
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Improving the effectiveness of public sector organizations to manage change حسب Iqbal, Arqam

"…More so manage change effectively so as to increase the competitiveness of the states; else the increased diversification and ambitious growth strategies pursued by states can be rendered futile. …"
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Unsustainability in emergent systems حسب Haddad, Marc

"…In this paper we present a detailed case study of the passenger road transport system in the Greater Beirut Area (GBA) where we identify the root causes of the major problems facing the system today and over the long-term. …"
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Battery Energy Management Techniques for Electric Vehicle Traction System حسب AbdelAziz, Ahmed Sayed AbdelAal

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Organizational climate and its effects on the employees commitment حسب El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser

"…Results indicate that the affective commitment is highly correlated with five components of organizational climates: structure, responsibility, warmth and support, conflict and expect approval. …"
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Effects of Social Media Use and Dependence on Dietary Intake and Prevalence of Orthorexia in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women حسب Issa, Yara

"…Participants (250 pregnant and 240 non-pregnant Lebanese women) filled a questionnaire assessing social media use and dependence, intuitive eating behaviors as well as orthorexia. Five focus groups (each including 10 pregnant women) were also conducted to supplement the quantitative data collected. …"
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